Finger-bar-alining mechanism.



E. C. SMITH.

FINGER BAR ALINING MECHANISM.

APPucATxoN r|LED1AN.27.1913.

Patented July 20, 1915.

INVENTOR WITNESS ES @W MM ATT Y.

Original application leldgctoher 31, 1912, Serial No. 728,908. ini-vided and this `application filed January rire.,

C0... or rEonIA, ILLINOIS.

ERNEST ci, SMITH, or recare, ILLINOIS, Assmann To .ACME n aavnsrmc ivrncnmn A- COREQQBTIDN OF .KWEST VIRGINIA.

FINGER-BAu-ALINING MECHANISIVI.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented July 20, 1915.

217, 1913. Serial No, 744,276.

To all whom t may concern: i

`Be it known thatI, ERNEST C. SMITH, citizen of the UnitedV States, residing at Peoria, in the county of Peoria and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain newand use- ,ful Improvements in Finger-Bar-Alining i' linger-bar relatively to said sickle.

i United The object of the invention is to provide a new and novel structure in a mower for timing the sickle and alining the finger-bar and one that will be simple in its structure and distinguished from other forms of structure by the ease and positiveness of its adjustment.

Another object is to provide for a combination of movements above described.`

This application is divided from a parent application for a mower filed by me in the States Patent Oiiice on the 31st day of October 1912, bearing Serial No. 728,908.

In order to makel the invention fully un- -K derstood I haveprovided the accompanying `drawing in which,

Figure 1 is a plan of a portion of a mower frame together with a part of the finger-bar and sickle and my invention shown in connection therewith. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of part of a finger-bar and parts of my invention in connection therewith. Fig. 3 is a detail of the axle of the mower-frame in perspective showing depending'members to which a push bar is securedfor adjusting the finger-bar. j

In Fig. 1 the mower frame is indicated at A. Extending'- forward from the same is any usual casthousing B for a shaft @that drives the sickle. D is also a forward extension of the castingA to which the tongue E is bolted. i

Apart of the finger-bar is represented at It is carried pivotally in any usual way by a yoke Gpivotally supported from the now 'to be described.

`said drag-bar that extend through frame of the mower through a push bar H and a drag bar or coupling bar J, that is to say, both the latter members are pivotally hung from VVthe* mower fra-me in a manner Carried by the said yoke G is a part K which receives one end of the drag-bar J, the other end of the latter extending toward the extension B of the mower-frame. It lies substantially parallel to the pitman L which is connected in any usual manner with the usual sickle M. The is secured in the said extension K in any desired manner while its other end is pivotally hung in a plate N provided with slots O, 'for example, which receive bolts P a projection Q of the mower-frame-extension B. The said bar is pivotally held in any suitable manner in said plate N and by loosening the bolts the plate and bar can be shifted in a longitudi- 1galv direction with regard to the said drag For timing the sickle it is necessary to shift the iingerbar relatively to it so as t0 bring its fingers in proper position-with relation to the teeth of said sickle, this being required in practice in order to produce the best results.` It is .to be observed that through the ease of adjustment of the dragbar longitudinally through the means described the timing can be readily and quickly accomplished. An extension K of the part extends rearwardly at an angle and receives the threaded end of the push-bar H before referredto. The other or rear end of the latter is preferably flattened as at H in' Fig. 2 and is held between a pair of depending lugs R on the under side of the mower frame A.' A bolt S extending through the bar and the said lugs R serves as a pivot upon which said bar can swing.

In order to aline the finger-bar or to carry itsl outer end in the proper direction to bring it and the sickle into proper alinement with the pitman L it is only necessary to remove the bolt S and rotate the push-bar H in the proper direction on its threads to such an extent that when the bar is again secured by the bolt S the said finger-bar will have been brought to its proper position. The adjustment of theppush bar in theextension K results in a change in the distance between the bolt S and the extension so that in the reattachment of the push-bar by means of said copies of this patent may be obtained for bolt the required alinement will have rei sulted.

My structure differs from those of which I am aware in that the drag-bar and pushbar are both adjustable whereas heretofore but one of said bars has been arranged for adjustment. It is found necessary to prolvide both of the adjustments mentioned, however,

' is evident, therefore, that the adjustment of but one of the bars is not sufficient but that both must be adjusted. In lifting the ngerbar by any of the usual means to carry its inner end at the yoke Gr above obstructions, or in lifting the entire finger-bar for transportation purposes, the whole structure described swings by means of the drag-bar J and the said push-bar H upon their respective pivots, that is to say, the plate N and the said bolt S.

The structure described and shown provides a very simple as well as a verf efjustfective means for obtaining the two a and but a moment or two is requ1red Preferably both the bars H and J are adjusted at the same time thus alining the linger-bar and timing the sickle at one operation.

The structure described may be changed slightly as may be suggested to a skilled ments,

Vperson since l do not wish to be confined necessarily to the eXact form shown.

Having thus described my invention, I claim v 1. In a mower', the combination with its main frame, a lyoke and sickle-bar, ofl a push bar connected to the frame and to said yoke and adjustable relative to one of them, the same extending at an angle rearwardly toward the stubbleward side of the machine, a drag-bar secured at one end in the yoke and pivoted relative to the frame at its other end but otherwise secured relative thereto, said bar being adjustable relative to one of the parts to which it is attached, and means to adjustably secure it to that part.

y2. In a mower, the combination with its main frame, a yoke and sickle-bar, of a push-bar connected to the frame and yoke and adjustable relative to one of them and extending at an anglerearwardlytoward the stubbleward side of the machine, a drag-bar secured to the yoke and adjustable relative to the main frame and lying substantially parallel to the plane in which thefsickle-bar lies, and means adjustably secured on the frame to which said drag-bar is' pivoted, said `drag-bar and said push-bar both being pivoted relative to the frame.

3. The combination of anmain frame, a yoke, a push-bar attached" at oneiend to the yoke and extending rearwardly at an angle in the direction of the stubbleward side of the main frame and secured at'itsv end in a pivotal manner -to said frame and adapted for adjustment .within the yoke when detached from said. main frame, ka drag-bar, or coupling-bar, secured at one end to the yoke, a member mounted on themain frame land adjustable in alateraldirection and having vthe coupling-bar` attached thereto, and

mounted, and means to secure the Vmember adjustably on the frame.

5. rIhe combination of a main-frame, a yoke, a push-bar attached at one endpto the yoke and extending at an angle rearwardly A nR'NnsT c. SMITH;-

Witnesses: l l

EUNIGE BncnUM, L. Trrnnnow.

ive cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. G. i

`from the said yoke in the direction of the 

